Posts tagged "rails 4"

Rails 4 supports arrays fields for PostgreSQL in a nice way, although it is not a very known feature. In order to demonstrate its usage it’s useful to explain the context where this was used. PostgreSQL Arrays and Rails Migrations Suppose we have a Product model with the following fields: name, category_id and tags. The … »

One of the recent topics in our discussions at Plataformatec was about whether we should use scopes or class methods throughout the project to be consistent. It’s also not hard to find discussions about it all over the internet. This is an attempt to show the differences between scopes and class methods, to help you understanding what scopes can give you for free and deciding what makes you feel more comfortable when writing your code.

Besides the big and shiny features that Rails 4 holds, there’s a lot of small improvements on several other sections of the Rails framework – helpers, core extensions, app configurations and more – that might not even hit the Changelogs but will somehow make our lifes easier in the future. One of these hidden gems … »